{"product_id":"the-farewell-to-eden-the-epic-and-masterful-new-novel-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-birdsong-and-charlotte-gray","title":"The Farewell to Eden: The epic and masterful new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of BIRDSONG and CHARLOTTE GRAY","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1529153220\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe epic and profound new historical novel set in post-World War Two Britain, from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of BIRDSONG, Sebastian Faulks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A fascinating, timely and densely pleasurable novel, written with measured and impressive intelligence and tremendous narrative aplomb'\n     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWILLIAM BOYD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Richly researched and deeply humane . . . Faulks has an extraordinary gift for showing how the sweep of history is lived through the quiet complexities of individual lives'\n     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHANNAH ROTHSCHILD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Beautifully written and deceptively deep novel of moral choice set in the aftermath of the Second World War. The characters are as utterly convincing as the story’\n     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eANTONY BEEVOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An arresting book and important work of storytelling. A must-read.'\n     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAFUA HIRSCH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of Galilee glitters in the distance as war-weary troops marvel at the novelty of oranges and sun – a paradise that belies a fierce new conflict about to erupt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome years later, Philip begins work teaching at a school in the English countryside and meets the enigmatic music mistress, Frances Darwood. Over long evenings spent listening to records in her music room, they grow close.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Philip is a changed man, and must confront the secrets and scars of all he has lived through – which threaten, even now, to upend his future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is a sweeping and profound novel about faith in all its forms, and a rich portrait of an embattled post-war Britain. 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